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NYPD Misconduct Lawsuits Have Cost Taxpayers Over $50 Million So Far This Year

At this rate, payouts for the entirety of 2023 could balloon to roughly $100 million, and surpass payout amounts for calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

LAS Secures Major Reforms to NYPD Policing of Protests

The agreement, announced together with the New York Civil Liberties Union and New York Attorney General Letitia James, will reduce police presence and violence at protests.

LAS Demands Investigation Into NYPD Surveillance Technology Rollout

Technologies including a K5 Security Robot, DigiDog, and StarChase GPS Tracking Guns were introduced without legally required public notice and opportunity for comment.

Manhattan DA Vacates 316 Convictions Involving Discredited NYPD Officers

The Legal Aid Society continues to call on district attorneys in all boroughs to regularly and transparently evaluate criminal conduct by law enforcement.

Monitor: NYPD’s Neighborhood Safety Teams Show Concerning Patterns

The controversial unit, which relaunched in March of 2022, may once again be aggressively targeting Black and Hispanic New Yorkers, according to a preliminary audit.

LAS: Audit Makes Strong Case to Abolish NYPD Gang Database

A new report confirms what advocates have long known: the database is overtly racist, procedurally indefensible, and makes little to no contribution to public safety.

LAS Decries NYPD’s Latest Surveillance Overreach

The Mayor and the NYPD have reintroduced their controversial robot canine and unveiled new surveillance measures without adequate input from the community.

Data: NYPD Commissioner Sewell Flouted CCRB Discipline Recommendations

Sewell disregarded recommendations from the Civilian Complaint Review Board over 400 times in 2022, a number much higher than the NYPD previously reported.

City Continues to Withhold Demographic Data of New Yorkers in DNA Database

The NYPD pledged that it would begin keeping track of demographic information and make said data available to the public, but that was three years ago.

NYPD Misconduct Suits Cost Taxpayers Over $121 Million in 2022

The amount the City paid to settle allegations of misconduct is the highest in at least five years and almost $34 million more than in 2021.